Written question WQ90132
- Asked by
- Andrew RT DaviesConservative
- To be answered by
- Minister for Health and Social Services
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 8 days
Question
Will the Minister provide the number of Welsh-speaking GPs who have left the Welsh NHS for each of the last 5 years?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Health and Social Services
Reference period
Number of Welsh speaking leavers
Percentage of all fully qualified permanent GPs that are Welsh speaking
30 June 2020
13
13.1%
30 June 2021
22
15.7%
30 June 2022
11
15.9%
Notes:
• Source: Wales National Workforce Reporting System (WNWRS)
• WNWRS data available from 2020
• Fully qualified permanent GPs: partners, salaried GPs, and retainers
• A Welsh speaker is where a person has at least entry level Welsh speaking ability, i.e. a person who has either entry, foundation, intermediate, higher, or proficiency Welsh language
• Staff with missing Welsh speaking data are excluded from the denominator in the percentage calculation.